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The word 'farrer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
farrerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 65.4 20 7
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of farrer in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n aa the ill Ye need look nae farrer than that on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e aw richt," bit weis aat nay farrer awa fae thi trooth thein fit on page 34

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n te a bonny yalla frock lyin farrer ben the coonter. "Ye ken foo on page 30
d Stevie, pyntin te an advert farrer doon the page. "It says, 'Eas on page 50

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aat wis cause Ah'd nivver bin farrer than Steenhaven. on page 66
eemin. Ma boobs drap a bittie farrer ilky year." Susie gied a lang on page 69

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
s comin efter ma is a gey bit farrer ben nor me, A'm nae fit tae l on page 9
there's nae a mither's sin a farrer-ben prophit nor Jock, bit yet on page 91
olomon, an fit ye hiv here is farrer ben nor Solomon. E chiels fae on page 100
n say till ye, 'Come a bittie farrer ben, ma freen'. Syne aabody t on page 105

5 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Shetland Islands Cooncil). A farrer brakdoon by CAS Wards (Census
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
its inno the heather, climmin farrer roon the Hill o Leddrach, cry
n her sister in law explained farrer.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Speir farrer ben the quay."
"Farrer ben the beach, they tell me,
chmakkers' skyscraper hooses. Farrer doon in Americay, the sarpint
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hen swung the hotterin kettle farrer abeen the coals, speirin as s
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
cud climm nae farrer. She wintit tae climm richt u
he street he wauked a wee bit farrer, an gaed inno a veggie shoppi
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ess o the day ower athoot ony farrer deefikwalties. He michtna hae on page 78

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
foonert; A cudna hae won ony farrer e nicht.' on page 30

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ar it is. It's near aneugh or farrer awa depennin on faar ye bide; on page 24

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
she heild on, loutin her heid farrer doun, "an I'm aamaist seer th on page 16

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
We held up the road a bittie farrer, bit faither cudna help himse on page 51

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
said tae rhyme wi main (lick farrer sooth an wast) but wi meen.
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e hisel ower an ower. Slippin farrer back doun the track, the loon
1 matches

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